Texas Employers Insurance Association v. Melton

TIREY, Justice.

This is a compensation case. The jury found (1) that on the 28th of July, 19SS, Ida Bell Melton sustained an injury as defined in the court’s charge; (2) “Q.

Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that such injury, if any, sustained by Ida Bell Melton on the occasion in question, if she did, naturally resulted in her incapacity to work, in any percentage, for any length of time? Answer ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Answer: Yes”; (3) “Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that such incapacity to work, if any, was or is, total (as explained herein) for any length of time?…